Is this really a 'clown question bro?'

Yeah, I think anyone who has a problem with the way Harper handled that needs to lighten up themselves.

 

Or maybe the reporter knew that the vast majority of Mormon kids are on their missions at 19 and assumed that one wouldn't be playing baseball. Especially one so wonderfully religious.

 

Just a note, the subject of the thread should real 'clown question bro'? As the question is not part of the phrase in the quote.

And yes, clown question. Especially in that format. If you feel the need to ask something nonsensical like that, not in the damn mass group interview.

 

Really, stop and think about it. What was to be accomplished by asking that question at that point? Either you:

a) Think you're going to write a sidebar about the favorite beer of a 19-year-old Mormon athlete. In which case you're slow.

b) Are trying to impress the other professional writers in the circle with your rapier wit. In which case you're a douche.

 

I'm definitely in the "It was a clown question" camp. That guy sounded like a "morning zoo" type radio host who infiltrated the regular press corps to ask the question so he could brag about it on his show the next morning.

And I thought Harper handled it perfectly.

 

I'm guessing it was just a sort of ice-breaker question. Because the thought that a 19-year-old athlete has been waiting all season for the team's one trip to Canada so that he could score a beer is ludicrous. As ice-breaker questions go, this was a bit silly, but not a big deal at all.

Clown question. Appropriate answer. Time to move on.

 

Agree on all points.

Though I may try to make a little money on the side by doing product placement questions in the future.

Hey Bryce, what's your favorite after shave?

Hey Lebron, what's your favorite brand of underwear?

I'll be rich, dammit!

 

Do you typically do ice-breaker questions in group gropes like that?

 

No, I think that's part of what made it a clown question.

 

Clown haircut, bro:

 

So he asked a 19-year-old kid, who cannot legally drink, about his favorite beer?

Yeah, that's a clown question. Ridiculous.